Sequim weather has been hot and sunny recently, and there’s no doubt that summer is officially here.  Everyone has been outside, which means Lake Sutherland, Lake Crescent, the Dungeness River at Railroad Bridge Park the and local parks have been full of people out for a good time.  With the perfect golfing temperatures in the 70′s, golfers have been out, too.  It’s amazing how sunshine can put people in such good moods.  As I jogged around Robin Hill Park in Sequim, I said to some others in passing, “Summer is finally here,” and their response was, “It’s about time.”

Sequim Weather is Sunny

Sequim Weather – The Blue Hole or Rain Shadow

There really is a blue hole or a rain shadow above Sequim, and Sequim gets one third the rainfall of Seattle.  Sequim weather and the pleasant agricultural Sequim countryside as shown in these photos has made Sequim a very popular destination retirement area.

Sequim Weather – Mountains and Water

Sequim is uniquely located on the beautiful Strait of Juan de Fuca on the north side and the Olympic Mountains to the south.  Somehow the Sequim weather creates a rain shadow effect and we are very fortunate to have a mild climate.  In this photo above, you can see the Olympic Mountains in the background and farmland in the foreground has been farmland for well over 100 years.

Summer is a great time to travel and explore.  Come and see Sequim for yourself, and enjoy our Sequim weather.

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Sequim weather is a topic of conversation all over the country.  This is true.  Sequim has been written up in retirement and travel magazines for its incredible weather for at least 15 years.  The weather even has names:  The Blue Hole and The Rain Shadow.  Sequim has been named one of the 10 best places to retire in America.  There’s even a book entitled, Buying and Selling Real Estate in the Rain Shadow.  [Full disclosure:  I wrote that book.] In this photo taken today, we have definite proof that spring has sprung in Sequim.

Why is Sequim Weather So Famous?

Sequim gets one-third (1/3) the rain fall of Seattle.  It’s great.  On a day when it is raining in Seattle like cats and dogs, quite often you drive into Sequim and suddenly there is a hole and it stops raining.  I have personally observed this many times over the past 17 years.

I like to compare Sequim weather with Port Angeles weather, and you can do that right here.

Plan your trip Local Radar Detailed Forecast

Plan your trip Local Radar Detailed Forecast

Bookmark this article so you can come back periodically and see the Sequim weather compared to Port Angeles weather yourself.

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The Sequim weather report today is snow and lots of it.  This is a bit of a surprise.  Yesterday it was dry and grassy, and today, there must be eight inches of snow in the front yard.  The Sequim School District has closed all schools for today.  It’s too snowy on the highways for buses to make their runs up and down the hills that have not yet been cleared.  This is amazing, and since it is so rare, frankly it’s kind of fun for most of us, certainly for the kids who get to stay home.

Sequim Weather is Snow Today

Sequim Weather

These Sequim kids took a rare opportunity to go sledding in Robin Hill Park.  It was fun and laughter for sure, and there were some snow ball fights, too.  I was invited to ride a sled to the bottom, but I declined as I do not intentionally plan to buy the chiropractor a new boat.

As someone said, this may be the last hurrah for winter, and once it gets it out of the way, we will see a bright and sunny spring.  At least that’s our hope.  We just don’t see this kind of snow very often and certainly not this late in the year, but Sequim weather does tend to vary from year to year.  I suppose that could be said almost anywhere in the country this year.

Sequim Weather

I do have a home to show this morning at 10:30, so that should be interesting.  Aha, as I finished typing that last sentence, my client called to say she has never driven in snow before and prefers to stay home by her wood stove.  Very good.  That’s probably wise.  Radical Sequim weather should be heeded.

Most of our highways in the area are not hilly, and will be safe to drive, but many people do live up in the hills, and I am sure they will want to just stay home today and not risk driving down steep driveways or roads.  Bell Hill has some very steep roads near the top, especially on the west side of the hill.  Sunny Sequim?  Well, what can I say?  This is Sequim weather.

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The Sequim weather forecast today was snow and wow, it was fun.  It snowed for about three hours this morning starting about 8:00, and the snow flakes were huge, measuring about one inch across without exaggeration.

Sequim Weather

Sequim Weather Means Melting Snow

Of course with snow in the context of Sequim weather, that means it melts pretty quick.  You can laugh at the thought of me standing behind my home in the woods taking the above photograph and suddenly a large branch full of wet snow managed to find the back of my neck.  Yippee!

I’m fortunate to live adjacent to a 200 acre park with walking and jogging trails, and the Discovery Trail which runs through the park for many miles east and west.

Sequim Weather is Mild But Chilly

Winter weather in Sequim is mild compared to Alaska and Montana and many other places, but as I write this article, it is 36 degrees F.  That’s plenty chilly, and my jog required a hat and some warm jogging clothes.  But it was great getting the exercise and filling my bloodstream with fresh oxygen.

I love Sequim and the Sequim weather is full of variety and four even seasons.

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Does it snow in Sequim?  This question does come up, especially because Sequim is also known as Sunny Sequim with the blue hole or the rain shadow. This photo was taken today, November 22nd, 2010, and obviously it does snow in Sequim.  At least this winter.  Some winters it does not.  Last winter there was never enough snow for my children and grandchildren to sled near my home.

It Does Snow in Sequim

Snow in Sequim is Magical

For those of us who live in Sequim, this snow is welcome and fun. It doesn’t happen very often like this with such large full white snow flakes in such abundance.  We enjoy it while it lasts, because it most likely won’t last long and will melt off.  One homeowner called this “magical,” and that’s a great description. The photo doesn’t do this beautiful white snow justice, but in the live 3D version, it does appear magical.

Snow in Sequim Covers Highways

Of course this snow in Sequim also has a downside.  It covers the highways, so many of us have simply chosen to stay home rather than slide around on highways.  For those living on the mountainside, staying at home is probably a great plan for the day.  Our county and state highway maintenance crews do an outstanding job clearing and graveling the highways and rural roads.  It’s in weather like this when many of us think about owning a four wheel drive, instead of a two wheel drive sedan. But then again, these kinds of conditions only last a couple of days out of the year, if that.  Of course, having written that, this snow could surprise all of us and last for a couple of weeks. Wouldn’t that be something.

The second photo is the parking lot of the Home Depot store in Sequim, and this third photo is the morning after, November 23rd. Sunny Sequim welcomes snow in Sequim.

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Sequim weather is quite popular as moderate, sunny, and Sequim has been written about in magazines around the country for its sunny climate, and what many call the “blue hole” in the sky or the rain shadow.  I’ve lived in Sequim weather since 1994, and I can testify that it is sunny and our rainfall is one-third of Seattle’s precipitation.

Sequim Weather

Sequim Weather is Sunny

Sequim weather in the winter is mild.  As you can see in this graphic above, on November 5th it is 49 degrees on a cloudy day.  Yes, despite the reality that Sequim is a sunny community under the blue hole in the sky, we do still get cloudy or overcast days, and believe it or not, it has actually rained here!  We just got through several days of rain.

Sequim Weather is Moderate

Clients from California and some very hot climates (and colder as in Montana and Alaska) often ask me what winters are like in Sequim and do we get snow.  The answer is that we do get snow, but winters are not the same every year.  I recall at least one winter and probably several in which we had no snow at all.  Most winters we do get some snow, but it melts off after one or two days, although we’ve had winters where it lasted for a week or two and then melted away.

We also had a freak winter snow storm about 10 or 12 years ago that dropped several feet of snow on Sequim and shut down all the roads.  It apparently had never happened in recorded history, but it only points out that I can’t tell you exactly what this winter will be like.  It might snow a little and immediately melt off.  It might not snow at all in Sequim proper.

It does snow in the Olympic mountains, so if you buy a home way up Blue Mountain Road or Palo Alto Road or Black Diamond, you will see snow more than the rest of us.  Hurricane Ridge is a popular winter playground for those who want to go play in the snow.  That’s in the mountains above Port Angeles.

Our typical Sequim winter has many days that are in the 50′s, and at night last winter it dropped down in the coldest nights into the low 40′s and even bounced off freezing a few times but didn’t stay there long enough to freeze anything in my yard.

The Sequim weather is one of the major reasons so many retirees move here.  It is considered by many of us to be the ideal climate year round.  Sequim weather is mild and quite pleasant.

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